Justlooking's 52 for 2010 - week 52 together - page 18

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Hi all

thought I'd give this a go.

and finally ..

week 52 together #532 page 18
week 51 Romantic #524 page 18
week 50 Close #516 page 18
week 49 Space #507 page 17
week 48 Lead #499 page 17
week 47 Distortion #491 page 17
week 46 Faith #484 page 17
week 45 Share #478 page 16
week 44 train #467 page 16
week 43 urban #462 page 16
week 42 secret #452 page 16
week 41 distant #442 page 15
week 40 Console #431 page 15
week 39 Rage #421 page 15
week 38 Dirty #416 page 14
week 37 Film #405 page 14
week 36 Project #395 page 14
week 35 Light #384 page 13
week 34 Surfaces #377 page 13
week 33 Mobile #363 page 13
week 32 Transform #355 page 12
week 31 Electric #346 page 12
week 30 Endings #339 page 12
week 29 Grace #332 page 12
week 28 Relaxation #322 page 11
week 27 Art #316 page 11
week 26 Beginning #312 page 11
week 25 Grunge #302 page 11
week 24 Metal #294 page 10
week 23 Post #286 page 10
week 22 Quality #274 page 10
week 21 Isolation #270 page 9
week 20 Stop post #263 page 9
week 19 Ingredients post #259 page 9
week 18 Indulgence post#240 page 8
week 17 Peace at post #228 page 8
week 16 Stare at post # 216 page 8
week 15 Single at post #210 page 7
week 14 Shoot at post #198 page 7
week 13 Quad at post #181 page 7
week 12 Produce at post #167 page 6
week 11 Candid at post #153 page 6
week 10 Chemistry at poat #140 page 5
week 9 Play at post 126 page 5
week 8 Mechanical at post #103
week 7 People at post #99
week 6 Present at post #78
week 5 Speed at post #66
week 4 Street at post #46
week 3 Chopped at post #36


Here's my first attempt



only 51 to go :bonk:
 
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that's very good
exposure is great
DOF pretty good too, with the main focus about 1/3rd of the way in!

good start :clap:
 
(y) Very Curvy!!!
Nice colours and perfect use of DOF on this one.
If I have one niggle it's the open space at the tope of the shot where the bench ends - I'd be tempted to crop that little bit away.
Good to have you on board and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your 52.

Quick Tip : If you update your thread title (i.e. your first post) to show the week no. and theme, people will know that you've put your shot up and you'll get more people looking.
With so many 52s this year, it's going to start getting hard to pick out which have been updated :)
 
great spot, works so well for this weeks theme, I would have gone for a tighter crop myself though ;)
 
Great start. Nothing I can really add that hasnot been said above, good luck, will keep upto date with your thread.
 
If I have one niggle it's the open space at the tope of the shot where the bench ends - I'd be tempted to crop that little bit away.
Click to expand...

I agree with Sarah on this, and it's a small niggle for me to be honest. I find that leg a bit distracting in the top right corner too.

Nice interpretation!

Ian.
 
Umm, me too on the leg and the space... I do love the use of the focal point to drag the viewer in, a great plus for a nice piccie.

Arthur
 
thanks for looking everyone and for the encouraging comments.

Lesson 1 ... think about cropping for better results ... this was straight out the camera other than resizing for the forum.

Off to look at some of the other 52-ers :)
 
I like this but would crop very slightly from the right hand side to lose the bit of leg that is a little distracting for me. :clap:
 
Lovely saturation. As has been mentioned the space at the bottom spoils it a little. Perhaps moving in closer to the seat for a tighter angle to help fill the frame might have helped.
 
Good spot, good shot, and on theme (y)
 
Thanks for taking the time to look and comment everyone.

I will try and take on board the suggestion for next time.
 
Well spotted! I agree about cropping it slightly, but otherwise I like the way you have focused it and used the light. I would love to see a B/W version, too. (y)
 
was going to post this as my WEEK 2 picture .....

Title : Blank Verse !!!



but thought better of it ... and will go for this one

Title : Mr Elliot's Cats



taken just with natural light from the window ... is it a bit dark
 
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i really like week one's image ,as for week two i actually like the first image simples (y)
 
I loved your first one it made me laugh but 2nd shot needs to be as you say a bit lighter and a bit more of a close up so we could read the words, other than that great try and this week is over now see what next week throws at us :LOL:
 
I love your week one image - brilliant. :clap: However, I can't say that your week 2 one is working for me - there just doesn't appear to be a focal point for me? :shrug:

Nice effort though, and I look forward to the next 50!
 
Thanks for looking everyone. It's not an easy theme and I was trying to avoid the "take a picture and find a poem that fits" approach !

I have tried to make it a bit brighter as it does look very dark on here.

 
Week 1 Nicely done, great colour and the bench fits the theme perfectly.

Week 2 Not a chance of having a book of poetry in my house.The angle doesn't quite work for me, maybe shot from a little lower would work better. :shrug:

(y)
 
Week 1: Very nice, not sure how I missed this thread, I thought I got all of them (queue 20 people all posting that I missed them).

Week 2, bit too busy. I think it has potential, but isolate the one book on its onw on a plane background maybe, or get low to it and play about with depth of field.

Best of luck for the rest of the year.
 
Poetry, I'm really not sure about it, I like the idea, but I think it's just too busy. Sorry.
 
2nd one (brighter) is much better
good subject matter too, not an easy week!
 
I love the concept behind this, but the execution is just lacking a little bit of the wow factor for me.

The way you've laid it out is good, but I think a lower perspective and narrower DOF would have worked better. The focal point being the text in the open book and the background items a little out of focus - it would stop the frame looking quite so cluttered, but still keep all the elements there.
 
Thanks for all the comments. I was going to try this again along the lines of Sarah's comments .. might still get a chance while thinking about week 3 ... when that theme appears. I need a bright day as it was taken in natural light by a window.
 
I must say that has a lot more impact! :clap:
 
Mike, Kay, thanks for taking the time to look and comment. This weeks theme is causing a lot of head scratching to try and avoid the obvious !
 
Well all the head scratching was totally unsuccessful. So instead I used an obvious subject and tried to learn a bit about taking on black / white backgrounds.

Photos are nothing special but I learnt a bit about lighting and I also learned why sometime the camera refused to focus in AV with central focusing. Now know that I can get it to focus by pointing central square on an edge ..something to give it more contrast to get hold of.... can you tell I'm not very technically minded :bonk:

Only natural light used, backgrounds are large sheet of paper.

I literally sweated blood for this one! I thought I'd try using a tray covered with silver foil to reflect a bit of light and managed to slice the top of a finger.... dangerous stuff this photgraphy lark :D Still at least I didn't drip all over the white background.

Anyway here are the photos .. one on each back ground.

#1


#2


Now I can go and look at some of the other Chopped and see what good imaginations you all have !
 
I like the last one in your poetry shots, chopped I prefer the white background, the apple seems to have more detail.
 
yup
white for me too
exposure and detail so much better (y)
good to experiment - the only way to learn!
 
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